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“A Stroll Inside a Black Pocket” by Kang Seong-Eun

JibrilFriday, January 6th, 2017Friday, June 16th, 2023

Since your hands were cold, you slid them inside your pockets. Since snow was thickly falling, my hand slipped inside. Since your hands were in that dark place, I placed a single hand inside it…

Kang Seong-Eun (강성은)
  • Poetry

“Only Just a Little Strange” by Kang Seong-Eun

JibrilTuesday, July 2nd, 2013Friday, October 28th, 2022

Still lost in some thought,nameless and without symptoms, I stop.And coming back to my senses, see a world in motion….

Recent Translations

  • “Mistletoe and Winter Clothes” by Jeong Jin-Kyu
  • “A Stroll Inside a Black Pocket” by Kang Seong-Eun
  • “Drying Rack” by Kim Hye-Soo
  • “Moisture 2” by Kim Kwang-Kyu
  • “Love’s Starlight” by Heo Man-Ha
  • “An Unexpected Briskness” by Lee Seong-Bu

From the Archives

  • “Thoughts, a Flock of Crows” by Choi Jeong-Rye

  • “Trees” by Moon Yeon-Joo

  • “Sundial” by Lee Moon-Jae

  • “Evening Letter” by Kim Yong-Taek

  • “Fortunate Things” by Kim So-Yeon

  • “It’s OK, I’m a Pig” by Kim Hye-Soon